Italian e-Resources: getting started

Journal articles

There are a number of databases which index journal articles in the field of Italian. You can type into the search screen for each of these databases the topic in which you are interested to obtain a list of relevant journal articles.

MLA bibliography
The MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography enables users to find books and articles on languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics. Although most of the journals indexed are in English, at least seventy other languages are represented, including Italian. The material indexed comes from all over the globe. Searches of the database can be restricted to particular languages.

Web of Knowledge
This database allows you to search for journal articles using three databases; Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. The Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities, including Modern Languages. 

Newspapers

Nexis
This database allows you to search for full-text international newspapers and news sources, trade and industry publications and company information. The database is updated daily so is a good source of up to date news items of interest to those studying Modern Languages and Cultures.

La Repubblica http://www.repubblica.it/

Dissertations and Theses

ProQuest dissertations and theses
This database lists details of more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses from 1861 in all disciplines. Divides into: Dissertation abstracts A: The humanities and social sciences, and: B: The sciences and engineering. Coverage is international. Dissertations published from 1980 onwards include 350 word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 onwards include 150 word abstracts. Titles available as PDF formats include free twenty-four page previews.

Index to theses
A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. Currently there are over 529,000 theses in the collection.

Websites

Google Scholar http://scholar.google.co.uk/

Intute
For further Italian websites try Intute http://www.intute.ac.uk/

Dante online http://www.danteonline.it/italiano/home_ita.asp
This website, run by the Società Dantesca Italiana, includes the texts and translations of Dante's works, bibliographical information, and recordings of music associated with Dante's works.

Italian Art

Artstor http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b2910219~S4
This is a digital library of 700,000 images relating to art, architecture, the humanities and social sciences. It includes Italian Art.

Christus Rex http://www.christusrex.org:8765/
On the Vatican site is a searchable database containing thousands of images of art ranging from details of the Sistine Chapel to museum holdings.

Oxford Art Online http://0-www.oxfordartonline.com.wam.leeds.ac.uk/subscriber/page/guided_tour
Resource covering Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.

Uffizi Gallery http://www.firenzemusei.it/00_english/uffizi/index.html
Website (English version) of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Further resources

Click here to see a full list of databases useful for Modern Languages and Culture.
Click here for electronic resources for Cinema and Film

Further assistance

For further help, please contact the Arts Faculties Team.